memorial parade
Honorific street procession
A memorial parade is a procession honoring the dead, typically military personnel who died in service.
These parades feature marching veterans, bands, and flag-bearers moving through streets to a cemetery or monument.
Memorial Day parades are the most common example in the United States: The town's memorial parade ends at the war memorial for a wreath-laying ceremony.
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- fallen soldiersTroops killed in warfare
- gold star familiesKin of fallen troops
- marchRhythmic group walk
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
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- National HolidaysIndependence Day, national holiday, national day, Republic Day, Fourth of July
- war memorialswar monuments, war memorials, military cemeteries, veterans memorials, cenotaph
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Ceremonial march for winners
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Traveling amusement attraction
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